NAPIER, ROBERT CORNELIS, 1ST BARON NAPIER OF MAGDALA

1810–90, British general. In the engineering service in India, he fought in the Sikh Wars (1845–49) and took part in the relief of Lucknow (1857) during the Indian Mutiny. He was raised (1868) to the peerage following an expedition to Ethiopia in which he captured Magdala and compelled the release of British captives. He later acted as commander in chief in India (1870–76) and as governor of Gibraltar.

See biography by his son, H. D. Napier (1927), and his letters (ed. by his son, 1936).

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Florence Nightingale: An Introduction to Her Life and Family
Book by Lynn McDonald, Florence Nightingale; Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2001
Subjects: Nightingale, Florence--1820-1910, Nurses--England--Biography
...Verney This was the old letter of Sir R. Napier 151 which you lent me for the address and...151 General Sir Robert Cornelis Napier (1810 90), 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, conqueror and governor of Sindh (now Pakistan...
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The Gladstone Diaries - Vol. 14
Book by H. C. G. Matthew; Clarendon Press, 1994
Subjects: Gladstone, W. E--(William Ewart)--1809-1898--Diaries, Great Britain--Politics And Government--1837-1901, Liberal Party (Great Britain)--History--Sources, Prime Ministers--Great Britain--Diaries
...P. 9/8/93 Napier see Hubbard Napier...Sir 1804-1882 , 1st Baronet 1867 , tory M.P. 8/4/54 Robert Cornelis 1810-1890 , 1st Baron Napier of Magdala 1868 , soldier in...Abyssinia 13/7/68 Robert John Milliken, Sir...


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Napier, Robert Cornelis, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala
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NAPIER, ROBERT CORNELIS, 1ST BARON NAPIER OF MAGDALA 1810 90, British general. In the engineering service in...following an expedition to Ethiopia in which he captured Magdala and compelled the release of British captives. He later...


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